TOP CELL PHONE AND WIRELESS RADIATION NEWS STORIES IN 2016

Thursday January 5, 2017 Electromagnetic Radiation Safety Joel Moskowitz

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In the U.S., two major events occurred in 2016 regarding cell phone radiation-release of the long-awaited results from the cell phone cancer study conducted by the National Toxicology Program and enactment of the first cell phone "right to know" law in Berkeley, California. In addition, two major national newspapers, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, published articles about cell phone radiation warnings.

National Toxicology Program Cell Phone Cancer Study

The National Institute of Environmental Health Science released partial results of the $25 million National Toxicology Program study on the effects of exposure to cell phone radiation. The FDA called for this study in 1999. Cell phone radiation was found to cause two types of cancer in male rats & DNA damage in male & female mice and rats.

National Toxicology Program (NTP) Finds Cell Phone Radiation Causes Cancer

Storyline vs. Rest-of-the-story: Brain cancer incidence, cellphone use & trends data

Brain Tumor Rates Are Rising in the US:

The Role of Cellphone & Cordless Phone Use

NTP: Not the First Govt. Study to Find Wireless Radiation Can Cause Cancer in Lab Rats. Government Failure to Address Wireless Radiation Risks

Berkeley's Landmark Cell Phone "Right to Know" Law Takes Effect

The Berkeley cell phone "right to know" law which was adopted on a 9-0 unanimous vote of the City Council in May, 2015, took effect in March of 2016. Berkeley is the first city in the United States to pass a cell phone radiation ordinance since San Francisco disbanded its ordinance after a two-year court battle with the CTIA, the wireless industry's lobbying organization. The CTIA has sued Berkeley, and the case is currently being adjudicated in the Federal courts. Links to more than two hundred news stories from fourteen countries can be found on the EMR Safety website.

TWO NATIONAL NEWS STORIES

New York Times' Exposé of CDC's Retraction

of Warnings about Cell Phone Radiation

Last January, the New York Times published an exposé about CDC's retraction of cell phone warnings from its website after protests from industry-funded scientists.

Wall Street Journal asks "Should Cellphones Have Warning Labels?"

In May, the Wall Street Journal invited two experts, Joel Moskowitz from the University of California, Berkeley and Larry Junck from the University of Michigan, to debate the need for cell phone radiation warning labels in its Journal Reports series.